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Patent JP-2003279205-A (JP)
Title: Ice making apparatus and refrigerator with apparatus
Inventor: SHIRAISHI HIDEO
IPC: F25C1/20
Filed: 2002-03-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ice making apparatus requiring a small installation space.  <P>SOLUTION: The ice making apparatus has: an ice tray supplied with cold air less than 0°C at its bottom part; a drive apparatus which drives a shaft formed at a side part of the ice tray and rotates the ice tray; and a duct disposed above the ice tray in order to supply warm air of a temperature exceeding 0°C to a water surface of the ice tray. The position of the rotating shaft of the ice tray is set to the center of the ice tray, and the lower cross sectional shape of the duct is formed circularly away from a turning locus of an end part of the ice tray by a predetermined size of, so that the locus at the time of turning of the ice tray is minimized, and the installation space is smaller.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003268715-A (JP)
Title: Aluminum alloy member for bridge and method of manufacturing bridge using the member
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI SHINGO
IPC: E01D2/02
Filed: 2002-03-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aluminum alloy for a bridge having no thermal deformation and having excellent joining strength and rigidity, and a method of manufacturing a bridge with reduced man-hours of joining and easily transported to a site, handled and installed by forming the member for the bridge.  <P>SOLUTION: The extruded materials and/or the plate materials of the aluminum alloy are combined with each other, and joined with each other by frictional connection to form the member for the bridge. The bridge is formed by joining the bridge members to each other.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003276078-A (JP)
Title: Thermoforming method for polylactic acid biodegradable resin sheet
Inventor: YOSHIMURA KANJI
IPC: C08L101/16
Filed: 2002-03-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved thermoforming method for a polylactic acid biodegradable resin sheet which prevents defective molding in a container-shaped opening edge and a curved part and molds the edge of a container precisely by stretch processing, when the sheet biaxially oriented along the surface of the sheet is used and the sheet is laminated on paper, etc.  <P>SOLUTION: In the thermoforming method, the biaxially oriented biodegradable resin sheet or a laminated sheet using the oriented sheet as a layer is molded by heating by a heater, pressing to a heated mold, and cooling. Temperature of mold is adjusted at 100-140°C, the temperature of the heater is adjusted at 120-160°C, and the biodegradable rein sheet is subjected to pressure forming. Alternatively, the resin sheet is subjected to vacuum forming with the mold temperature adjusted at 100-160°C and then heat-set for at least 5 sec.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003279845-A (JP)
Title: Imaging device
Inventor: KAJIYAMA TAKASHI
IPC: G03B13/36
Filed: 2002-03-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup device with an excellent balance between the deriving time and the accuracy of a focusing position in the entire driving range of an imaging lens.  <P>SOLUTION: After an evaluation value is acquired, whether there exists an interpolatable section is determined (S204), and when there exists one, an interpolation value is supplied for each minimum driving interval for the interpolatable section (S205). The interpolation value is supplied by first obtaining an interpolation function which gives back the evaluation value to a driving position at a boundary and then substituting respective driving positions. For example, the deriving method of the interpolation function is the deriving method of a cubic natural spline function. The tendency of an already interpolated section is checked and whether or not a focusing position is already ascertained is determined (S206). When the focusing position is ascertained, the imaging lens is driven to the focusing position and a processing is ended (S207 and S208).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003281467-A (JP)
Title: Apparatus and method for character recognition
Inventor: ISHIOKA JUTARO
IPC: G06K9/72
Filed: 2002-03-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method for character recognition requiring an operator to perform minimum confirmation and correction operations for verification after character recognition processing.  <P>SOLUTION: Individual candidate character codes in the group of unknown character images are obtained by the operation of steps S1 and S2, the reliability of these character candidate codes is discriminated in a step S3, and word collation is performed by using a word dictionary in a step S4 to select the group of close character codes. Next, a first order candidate character code the reliability of which is found to be low by the re-discrimination in steps S6 and S7 is compared with a corresponding character code in words. When they are coincident, reliability is changed from 'low' to 'high' in a step S8. When the re-discrimination of unknown character images is finished, a recognition result (word) is displayed and a warning mark to the operator is displayed for the character codes discriminated to have low reliability in a step S11.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003284047-A (JP)
Title: Stadium viewing system, system managing apparatus, portable monitoring unit, image transmitting unit and image transmitting/receiving unit
Inventor: SUGIMOTO HISAYA
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2002-03-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stadium viewing system which can provide more information by a user who views sports or a show.  <P>SOLUTION: This stadium viewing system 1 provides the more information by the user when the sports is viewed or the show is observed. This system 1 comprises transmitting/receiving means (37T, 37R, 46 and 47) for transmitting/ receiving at least an image signal, a portable monitoring unit 3 having a display means (44, 45) for displaying the image signal received by the means (37T, 37R, 46, and 47) and a built-in battery (49), and transmitting/receiving means (58R, 58T, 64 and 65) for transmitting/receiving at least the image to and from the unit 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003288654-A (JP)
Title: Crime prevention system
Inventor: TAKEUCHI OSAMU
IPC: G08B13/196
Filed: 2002-03-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To report an emergency to a third party in the occurrence of a crime in an urban area, and ensure information related to the crime scene and criminal.  <P>SOLUTION: Monitoring cameras 2 and emergency alarm lamps 3 are set on crime-preventing struts arranged at proper intervals or the side wall of a building, and these are mutually connected through wiring or radio. When the operating means 4 of a certain one is ON by a victim, all the systems connected thereto are operated to successively take images of the criminal, and the emergency alarm lamps are also lighted. This photographic information can be used as investigation data.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003285445-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing ink jet head, ink jet head and ejector
Inventor: MIYAZAWA HIROSHI
IPC: B41J2/045
Filed: 2002-03-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an ink jet head easily and surely, an ink jet head being produced by the production method, and an ejector comprising such an ink jet head.  <P>SOLUTION: At the main section of an ink jet recording head H shown in Fig. 2, a nozzle plate 100 is bonded to the lower side of an ink chamber substrate 200 forming a plurality of ink chambers 210 and a diaphragm 300 is provided on the upper side thereof in contact therewith. On the side of the diaphragm 300 opposite to the ink chamber substrate 200, a piezoelectric element 400 is provided at the position corresponding to each ink chamber 210 through an underlying layer 700. The diaphragm 300 is composed of Si single crystal containing P type impurities and functions as a layer for stopping erosion due to etching in a process for obtaining an ink chamber substrate by performing etching.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003285016-A (JP)
Title: Container washing apparatus and container washing method
Inventor: KURIHARA MITSURU
IPC: B08B9/30
Filed: 2002-03-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container washing apparatus excellent in the removing capacity of the stain bonded to the outer surface of a tray-shaped container or the like used for cosmetics or the like and capable of performing work mechanically and simply, and a container washing method using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The container washing apparatus for washing the outer surface of a container body filled with content has a holding plate on which the container body is placed and which has a gap permitting a washing fluid to pass, a hermetically closing means for hermetically closing the opening part of the container body and a washing means for ejecting the washing fluid to the outer surface of the container body. The container washing method using this apparatus is also disclosed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003290736-A (JP)
Title: Method of treating fly ash
Inventor: ASADA HIROSHI
IPC: C02F1/28
Filed: 2002-03-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of treating fly ash by which an increase in running cost of water to be used for the washing of the fly ash or of a neutralizer to be used for neutralizing washing water obtained after the washing of the fly ash are prevented and the residue obtained after the washing of the fly ash is effectively used.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of treating the fly ash is composed of a 1st process for washing the fly ash containing chlorine, calcium and heavy metals and separating the washed fly ash into a residue and a liquid, a 2nd process for washing the residue and separating the washed residue into a residue and a liquid and a 3rd process for neutralizing the liquid obtained in the 1st process with the neutralizer and separating the neutralized liquid into a residue and a liquid, and the liquid obtained in the 2nd process is used for the washing in the 1st process, a refinery waste water is used for the washing in the 2nd process and a liquid in the refinery process is used as the neutralizer in the 3rd process.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003294066-A (JP)
Title: Ventilated brake disk
Inventor: YAMAMOTO SHUSUKE
IPC: F16D65/12
Filed: 2002-03-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ventilated brake disk which has excellent cooling ability without increasing its weight.  <P>SOLUTION: An annular bracket 40 has an outer peripheral portion 43 formed by extrusion molding so as to have a shape corrugated in the axial direction, and an inner peripheral portion 41 having a mounting portion to which a drive shaft is fixed. Annular friction plates 50, upon which brake pads abut respectively, are fixed to the tops of the corrugations on the front and back sides of the annular bracket 40. The cooling ability of the ventilated brake disk can be improved without increasing the number of its components.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003298404-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit device
Inventor: ANDO TAKASHI
IPC: H03K19/00
Filed: 2002-04-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply an electric current required for reducing a leak electric current when not operating an internal circuit provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device, and for operating the internal circuit.  <P>SOLUTION: The semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided with a first power source means equipped with a current supply element composed of a bipolar transistor for supplying a first potential required for operating the internal circuit and a second power source means for supplying a second potential set lower than the first potential, and when operating the internal circuit, the first potential is supplied but when not operating the internal circuit, the second potential is supplied.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003296332-A (JP)
Title: Document management system, its control method and program for realizing its control method
Inventor: SAKAI YASUMASA
IPC: G06F17/21
Filed: 2002-04-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document management system, a method for controlling the document management system and a program for realizing the control method for performing the page editing of a file displayed on an electronic binder even when the file has been transmitted to another terminal.  <P>SOLUTION: When a binder storage operation is started with a menu or tool button or the like, the storage place of a raw material file is described, for example, in XML in a step S21. Then, the raw material file stored in a local hard disk device is transferred to a hard disk device connected to a server by an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) in a step S22.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003293826-A (JP)
Title: Start controller for internal combustion engine
Inventor: KUSADA MASAKI
IPC: F02D43/00
Filed: 2002-04-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a start controller providing compatibility between starting performance and discharging performance improvement in an internal combustion engine provided with a variable valve system.  <P>SOLUTION: The engine 1 has a VVT 16 and a starting motor 4. In starting, an engine ECU 9 makes control so that an overlap amount of an intake valve 14 and an exhaust valve 15 is a predetermined value or more by the VVT 16, and it starts fuel injection by an injector 13 via a predetermined engine idling state by using the starting motor 13. A sensor 17 is provided for detecting an operating state of the VVT 16, and the ECU 9 corrects a fuel injection quantity by the injector 13 or a throttle opening by an electronically controlled throttle 11 in response to a detection result.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003013705-A (JP)
Title: Seal element for gap seal and combustion turbine with the element
Inventor: BOLMS HANS-THOMAS
IPC: F16J15/12
Filed: 2002-04-03
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas flow passage leakage seal element for a turbo device such as combustion turbine, and a combustion turbine with the seal element. SOLUTION: The combustion turbine comprises a plurality of components disposed in axial and circumferential directions. The components further comprise the guide vane plates for guide vanes and wall components, and are separated from each other circumferentially or axially through a leakage gap 5 sealed by the seal element. The seal element 1 for sealing the gas flow passage leakage gap 5 between the first component 2 and the second component separated from each other comprises the first and second components, and inside surface 9 and outside surface 10 positioned on the outside of the leakage gap and opposed to each other. The seal element comprises a generally nonpermeable sealing member and a layer having ceramics fiber therein.  The layer at least partially covers the sealing element to form, on the outside of the gap, a sealing surface 21 coming into contact with the outer surfaces of the first and second components of the turbo device.
Patent JP-2003001505-A (JP)
Title: Cemented carbide cutting tool insert for turning processing titanium alloy
Inventor: HESSMAN INGEMAR
IPC: C22C29/08
Filed: 2002-04-03
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insert by which the extended life span of a tool and productivity can be obtained with relation to turning processing parts of a titanium alloy. SOLUTION: This cemented carbide cutting tool insert comprises Co of 5 to 7 by Wt% and WC in the remaining portion for turning processing the titanium alloy, and is characterized that the surface is covered with the Co layer of 0.5 to 8 μm at least partially by carrying out heat treatment in the atmosphere of Ar and Co after a sintering process and grinding in order to finish to final forming dimensions.
Patent JP-2003297988-A (JP)
Title: Structure
Inventor: NONOGAKI RYOZO
IPC: H01L23/36
Filed: 2002-04-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power control component which requires low costs, which is excellent in heat characteristic, which is resistant to suffering from heat cycle and which is excellent in reliability.  <P>SOLUTION: An integrated ceramics circuit board having a circuit made from metal based on Al on one main surface of a ceramic substrate and provided with a base plate on a main surface having no circuit provided thereon in contact is arranged at the opening part of a metallic frame having an opening and the base plate is fixed by the metallic frame. In structure like this, the base plate is a composition obtained by impregnating a porous silicon carbide compact thicker than the circuit with metal based on Al.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003309238-A (JP)
Title: Tower-type heat sink
Inventor: MOCHIZUKI MASATAKA
IPC: H01L23/36
Filed: 2002-04-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tower-type heat sink excellent in thermal characteristics as well as productivity.  <P>SOLUTION: In the tower-type heat sink 12, a plurality of tubular heat pipes 3 are erected on a base 2 while a plurality of fins 10 are mounted on a terminal at the opposite side of the base 2 in the heat pipe 3. An electric component 1 is attached to the base 2 so as to be capable of transferring heat, and the base 2 is mounted on a base plate 6 in a non-contacting state with respect to the base plate 6 while a fixing member 7 retaining the peripheral rim of the base plate 6 to fix the base plate 6 to the base 2 is provided, and plastic sheets 8 are interposed between the fixing member 7 and the base 2. In this case, the heat pipes 3 are equipped with evaporating units installed along the base 2, and condensing units erected on the base 2 and bent with respect to the evaporating units, while shielding walls 11 for shielding a part having a predetermined height from the surface of the base 2 in the curved part wherein the fins 10 are not mounted with respect to ventilation in a direction parallel to the fins 10 are provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003306678-A (JP)
Title: Liquid crystal composition
Inventor: SHINANO HIROKATSU
IPC: C09K19/30
Filed: 2002-04-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal composition useful for STN type and excellent in response speed and steepness while keeping a high N1 point.  <P>SOLUTION: The liquid crystal composition comprises a compound represented by general formula (1) (wherein R<SB>1</SB>is a 1-10C straight-chain alkyl group; R<SB>2</SB>is a 1-6C alkoxy group, an aryl group or a 1-10C alkyl group which have an ether bond) and a compound represented by general formula (2) (wherein R<SB>3</SB>is a 1-10C substituted alkyl group; Z is a fluorine atom, a 1-5C alkoxy group or a 1-5C straight-chain alkyl group which may have the ether bond; Z<SB>1</SB>, Z<SB>2</SB>and Z<SB>3</SB>are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom and a ring A and a ring B are each independently trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1-4-phenylene; 1 is 1 or 2; k is 0 or 1, with the proviso that when 1 is 2, two rings A are each independently trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003319301-A (JP)
Title: Program receiving apparatus and program receiving method
Inventor: KURODA YOKO
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2002-04-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform a user that a program already stored is updated and to notify the user which part of the stored program is updated upon a further request of the user.  <P>SOLUTION: The program receiving apparatus includes: a reception processing section for receiving a program; a storage medium for storing the received program; a version information management section for managing the version information of the program received by the reception processing section and the version information of the program stored in the storage medium; and an update notice instruction section selected for the notification of updating the program among programs stored in the storage medium, and is configured so that the program receiving apparatus compares the version information of the selected program with the version of the received program and informs the user that the stored program is updated when the version information of the programs differ from each other.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003316203-A (JP)
Title: Image forming method and apparatus thereof
Inventor: ITAMI AKIHIKO
IPC: G03G15/16
Filed: 2002-04-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method and an image forming apparatus for preventing image defects such as inner dropouts and character blurring from being generated, by improving the transfer characteristics of toner in an image formation method using an intermediate transfer body.  <P>SOLUTION: In the image formation method for transferring a toner image that is formed on an organic photosensor to the intermediate transfer body, and transferring the toner image that is transferred to the intermediate transfer body to a record medium for forming images; the organic photosensor contains an inorganic particle whose number average primary particle diameter is 1 nm or more and less than 100 nm on the surface layer, humidification is made under a relative humidity environment of 80% at 20°C, the amount of change ΔH in the heat absorption energy of a differential scanning heat value analysis that is measured within a range of 40-200°C is 0-10 J/g, and a surface energy depressant is being supplied to the surface of the organic photosensor and at the same time images are formed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003318728-A (JP)
Title: Pll circuit
Inventor: WATABE YUJI
IPC: H03L7/093
Filed: 2002-04-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an PLL circuit, by which a peripheral circuit to which output signals of a frequency-dividing circuit and a PLL circuit are inputted, can be prevented from being affected by a high frequency near the peak of the overshooting which normally occurs.  <P>SOLUTION: The PLL circuit is provided with a selection circuit 7, which outputs a reference value Vr as a control voltage Vcnt to VCO 8, when the voltage Va outputted from a low-pass filter 5 exceeds the reference voltage Vr from a reference voltage generating circuit 6 and outputs the voltage Va as a control value Vcnt to VCO 8, when the voltage Va is lower than or equal to the reference voltage Vr.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003318442-A (JP)
Title: Element structure of optical semiconductor
Inventor: YAMANE MAKOTO
IPC: H01L33/30
Filed: 2002-04-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the element structure of an optical semiconductor exhibiting excellent light extraction efficiency and excellent stability in the emission quantity.  <P>SOLUTION: On a semiconductor single crystal substrate, i.e., an n-GaAs substrate (1), a conductive layer (7) of single crystal Al is formed in stripe or round shape, an insulation layer (8) of the same shape as the conductive layer (7) is formed thereon, and a single crystal n-GaAsP layer (2) of a type different from the n-GaAs substrate (1) is formed further thereon as a growth layer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003321797-A (JP)
Title: Electrodeposition coating method
Inventor: KOYAMA KEIJI
IPC: C25D13/00
Filed: 2002-05-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfy both the guarantee of assembling accuracy and the security of electric insulation in the application for a motor core of a small-sized motor by making the film thickness partially changeable.  <P>SOLUTION: The surface of the motor core 1 is divided into an inner circumferential region 1a and the other region 1b and a coating film 2 is formed on the inner circumferential region 1a to become relatively thicker than that on the region 1b in a state that the region 1b is covered with a masking body and after the masking body is removed, a coating film having thickness relatively thinner than that of the coating film 1a is formed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO